European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 29, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse Tog 6 the stars and stripes Widne soy july 29, 1959 gop chiefs face Hatch act charge i i 3 Illinois state officials probed Washington up the civil service commis Sion has reported three top Illinois state officials Are being investigated for possible violation of the Hatch act which restricts political activities by government commission said it has received complaints of alleged political activity by m. H. Hollingsworth state director of finance Joseph Hodges assistant director of labor and Troy a. Kost assistant dire ctr of Public three officials Are Active workers in the re publican party. Hollingsworth is a gop National court rules in support of tax Case fixer Washington a the . Tax court has ruled that Welburn Mayock is not now liable for taxes of the entire $65,000 he collected by -1948 for getting the . Treas Ury to Issue a tax ruling desired by wealthy new yorker. Mayock a lawyer was practising in Washington at the time and was a aide to the democratic National committee. He is now living . " the court said there was no Evi Dence of fraud in Mayock s report ing $17,500 income from the $65,000 paid by William s. Lasdon. And in the absence of fraud the court said the statute of limitations bars any further tax collection from him. To democratic party Mayock contended that $30,000 of the total was channelled to the democratic party Treasury. He also said $17,500 was turned Over to Louis Markus of new York presi Dent of american Bowling & Bil Liard co., and William Solomon new York insurance Man who had a hand in putting Lasdon and May Ocic in touch with each other. The Case of the payment was explored by a House investigating committee in 1953. Mayock testified he was a Friend of then Secretary of the Treasury John w. Snyder and got the ruling Lasdon wanted after two talks with Snyder. Snyder said he had expedited tax cases including that of Mayzck s client because of criticism of de lays in settling 30,000 cases he inherited when he took office. Party employee the tax court identified Mayock in its decision As general Counselor the democratic National commit tee in 1948. However a spokesman for the committee said Mayock never served As general counsel but was brought in As an assistant to the treasurer in 1948. The tax court rejected an internal Revenue service claim that Mayock filed a fraudulent personal income tax return in connection with his role in handling the Money. The court said that since fraud " was not established internal reve v nue was barred by the statute of limitations from collecting $14,333 ,14 additional tax it claimed Mayock owed. Committeeman Hodges is Republican chairman for Peoria county and Kost is Secretary of the Fulton county Republican organization. A commission spokesman said a Field investigator will be sent to Springfield 111., to look charges. He declined to disclose the nature of the complaint. ". State officials who handle Federal Loans arid Grants also Are subject to Hatch act restrictions. Spokesman said the commission still must determine whether these officials come under Hatch act Juris diction. Having a Ball new York City studies shifting work hours new York up the nation s biggest City plans a study to see whether Rush hour subway traffic could be made less hectic by juggling the hour it was announced. Mayor Robert i Wagner s of fice said the year Long Effort will be aimed at determining the feasibility of shifting the Start ing times of about half the City s work Force ahead or Back half a in the past have indicated such a move would Cerr Taii ily make the subway. Rider Slot a happier one. Object of the new study to to size up the pos sible economic and sociological effects. -,.,. Murder charge a filed against Purdue student West Lafayette ind up prosecutor George Hanna has filed a f first it Gree murder1, charge against a Purdue University Grad uate student in the shooting of Theson of a retired rear Admiral. The charge was filed against Prentice von Conrad Houston. Tex., who appeared before judge Elbert Lasher but made no state ment in connection wit i the shoot ing of James Strain 26, Westville ind., a fellow graduate student. Upon request von Conrad was Given until thursday to obtain counsel. No comment. Hanna said he would not com ment on the Case at this time be cause the investigation is in pro Gress. But he said state police detectives have established that Strain could not have shot was found shot to death Early saturday in von Conrad s off Campus apartment. All von Conrad would say was that there had Beena terrible Strain was the son of rear adm Charles l. Strain Cre Tarlington va., currently at Purdue for a Spe Cial course for retired officers. Police said the shooting was re ported by von Conrad and Georgia Wright 34, a graduate nurse recalled following the shooting. P1 ,fe5- i. Balt Morean battered after battling Bat Baltimore a a Bat led James Little a merry Chase right out a window into the hos the 40-year-old r e s t a u r a n t sorter was awakened by his wife told that the furry Little was flitting about the la Ames ave Chase and when Bat landed on the window swung. His follow through Jim right through the second floor w i n d o w to the " s was treated at Franklin Hospital for a Skull Frac and Scalp lacerations. Fol a sen. Johnston delays action n civil rights Washington up sen. Olin d. Johnston . Postponed Senate judiciary committee faction m civil rights legislation by exer Ising his personal right to request one week delay. Chairman James of. Eastland a miss said the request was ranted because it is the right of any member in line Vith Long established committee policy Johnston s delaying move left pending before the committee a motion by sen. Thomas c. Hen gsrjr., do to take up the old two part civil rights measures Hichi has been approved by Hen rings constitutional rights sub Ommittee. Eastland it that although Johnston s request was granted automatically no other member Ould make the same request in future meetings under the Long established but unwritten com Mittee Rule. 2-hour debates the committee cockeyed for More than two hours behind close doors Over the Touchy Issue i 1sen. Estes Kefauver it Enn first moved to bring up a Bill re Quiring Advance Public notice of proposed corporation mergers. 2hennings offered a substitute motion to take up the civil rights Bill. 3-Johnston came up with his re quest which Eastland said is a right that any member has and Hus forced the delay. Rock v Roll riot hospitalized two Denver up a dance Fea Turing negro Rock n Roll Star fat Domino was broken up by a race riot at Denver s Rainbow ballroom it took police More than an hour to quell the disturbance which reportedly began when an uni Denti fled Man kicked the table of a White girl and a negro Man who had been dancing together no one was jailed but two teenage girls were hospitalized for treatment of cuts. Police said 18 patrol cars three Paddy wagons and an emergency ambulance were called to the scene to Aid six off duty officer who were working at the ballroom1 when the riot broke out police estimated 40 different fights were going on when the arrived. The fighting spread to the Street outside1 when officers Triec to Clear the Hall farm Bill delay challenged by demo senators Washington a two democratic senators called on the administration to spell out what president Eisenhower Calls decent Arm legislation. Or. Eisenhower has called. On Congress to pass a decent ,farnrdill." sen Stuart Symington d to told his colleagues that con Gress and the people have the right to know what the president considers a decent sen. Eugene j. Mccarthy a Minn joined in the Challenge. Symington said that last february Secretary of agriculture Ezra Taft Benson had promised to sen Congress an omnibus farm Bill. Secretary Benson has not yet fulfilled that Promise Symington said. Little Angelo Rossitto once a los Angeles newsboy bounces a _ for his Tolon act in i View movie the big the Ball. In t As Large As a i seems Rossitto is just 3i inches Tali. Up Michigan May tap fund for vets to meet payroll Lansing Mich. Up Senate majority Leader Frank d. Beadle a St. Clair said he expected the Senate would agree to tap the veterans Trust fund to ease Michigan s lingering Cash crisis. State administrative officials although encouraged by signs that the legislature was about to Settle on a tax program for the current fiscal year said there was an urgent need for Stop Gap funds to pay Las year s Bills. The state s Cash shortage was expected to reach $80 million by the end of this week. There was some question whether thursday s $5.1million payroll could be met. At the Start of business this week the auditor general s office was holding 30,000 checks totalling $6,541,000. Due suppliers contractors and other vendors. At least two construction jobs have been suspended and Testate s milkmen butchers others Are starting to demand interest on overdue Bills. The Trust fund plan was put in Mothballs for use As trading Baitin the lax fight. Opposition but there was some opposition to using the fund at All oven though the House has passed Billston increase the sales tax which was what the Senate wanted. I am not convinced we need it said sen. Carlton h. Morris a Kalamazoo the Man primarily responsible for the gop decisions to Mothball the Trust fund and stand firm for the sales tax. Sen. John Minnema a traverse City said he would vote to tap the Trust fund but he said the Stop Gap program should t become operational until the tax program starts to killer suspect surrenders new York up Dominick Scialo one of the top 10 on the Fri s most wanted list surren dered to the Brooklyn District at Torney s office in connection witha Gangland slaying in March 1958. Scialo was turned Over to the authorities by his attorney Josep Fontana. He was scheduled to be arraigned in Kings county court on an indictment for the first de Gree murder of 17-year-old Alex Ander Mendito. 4 indicted according to the police Mendito and a companion Bartholomew Garafolo were paid $500 to set fire to a Boston dance Hall Early in 1958, but were unsuccessful an then refused to return the Money. Garafolo 24, was found dead Inan empty lot in Brooklyn on the same Day Mendito was slain. Four men were subsequently indicted for the two murders. Two men won dismissal of the indict ments for Lack of evidence. Scialo and a fourth Man Angelo Perro 53, disappeared. Perro instill at Large. Hits Ash Salute edict Washington a frighteningly ridiculous is the Way rep. Frank Kowalski a Conn describes an order requiring personnel at Mather air Force base,calif., to Salute an empty car bearing the commander s Emblem. Kowalski who has been feud ing with the Pentagon about the alleged misuse of service person Nel protested a bulletin Issue Dat the base near Sacramento the bulletin saidj1 attention All personnel a drive to improve military Cour Al in a Tesy and appearance on Mather air Force base began 23 july1959a staff car will patrol the base displaying the commander Emblem. It will be followed by an air police patrol. Military personnel failing to Salute the com Manders car will be the bulletin was issued Over the signature of 1st it r. M. Sin Clair assistant adjutant to the base commander col. B. H. Chatterton. Kowalski who graduated from West Point called the bulletin to the attention of Secretary of the air Force James h. Douglas say ing. At a time when our armed services Are facing critical Man Power problems this base is using valuable personnel to initiate disciplinary action against1 those failing to1 Salute the empty seat of a commander who is else where. 1.granted that we Are in the Era of space i Don t feel that men have As yet to Salute it of
